Young People and HIV

A Call to Action

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ID11022280
AuthorsLinda J Koenig (0000-0003-3187-8695, Linda J. Koenig and David W. Purcell are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Deborah Hoyer is with the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD. Stephanie Zaza is with the Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jonathan Mermin is with the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control...), Deborah Hoyer (Linda J. Koenig and David W. Purcell are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Deborah Hoyer is with the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD. Stephanie Zaza is with the Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jonathan Mermin is with the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control...), David W Purcell (0000-0001-8125-5168, Linda J. Koenig and David W. Purcell are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Deborah Hoyer is with the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD. Stephanie Zaza is with the Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jonathan Mermin is with the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control...), Stephanie Zaza (Linda J. Koenig and David W. Purcell are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Deborah Hoyer is with the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD. Stephanie Zaza is with the Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jonathan Mermin is with the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control...), Jonathan Mermin (0000-0001-9022-4961, Linda J. Koenig and David W. Purcell are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Deborah Hoyer is with the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD. Stephanie Zaza is with the Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jonathan Mermin is with the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control...)
Year2016
Volume106
Issue3
Pages402-405
Publication date2016-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2015.302979
PMID26794156
OpenAlexW2252823263
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited33

HIV is having a significant impact on young people, among whom the rate of new diagnoses is high and health disparities are more pronounced. Incidence is increasing among young gay and bisexual men, and, among Black males, the largest percentage of new infections occur among those aged between 13 and 24 years. Youths are least likely to experience the health and prevention benefits of treatment. Nearly half of young people with HIV are not diagnosed; among those diagnosed, nearly a quarter are not linked to care, and three quarters are not virally suppressed. Addressing this burden will require renewed efforts to implement effective prevention strategies across multiple sectors, including educational, social, policy, and health care systems that influence prevention knowledge, service use, and treatment options for youths

Call to action · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Incidence (geometry) · Political science · Public health · Quarter (Canadian coin) · Sociology · Young adult · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Nursing · Gerontology

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